Bangladeshi Ananta Group wants to invest $8 mn in Ethiopia

Bangladesh’s Ananta Apparels Limited, a unit of the Ananta Group, has sought Bangladesh Bank’s approval to invest $8 million in Ethiopia to set up an apparel factory there. The company submitted its proposal recently to the central bank claiming it wants to benefit from the tax benefits in the African nation along with duty-free access to the United States. 
The company intends to invest $8 million in Ethiopia from its own fund and if any additional fund is required, it would be taken from other multinational financial institutions like the International Finance Corporation, it said. 
Bangladesh Bank, however, has expressed its doubts about the viability of the plan, according to a report in a top Bangladesh newspaper. 
The central bank officials have forwarded the proposal to the finance ministry, which is authorised to give permission to such proposals. A cabinet committee usually takes the final decision. 
Seven companies have so far got government approval to invest abroad including the highest approval for $20 million to Akij Jute Mills, a concern of Akij Group, for procuring two Malaysian companies — Robin Resources Malaysia SDN BHD and its subsidiary Robina Flooring SDN BHD. 
The Ananta Group feels Bangladeshi products would face high taxation when the country would be graduated to the status of a developing nation. 
Established in 1992, Ananta Apparels supply products to global brands like H&M, Zara, Gap, Levi’s and Marks & Spencer.
譯文如下：
孟加拉國阿南塔集團(tuán)希望在埃塞俄比亞投資800萬美元
孟加拉阿南塔服裝有限公司已尋求孟加拉銀行的批準(zhǔn)，擬向埃塞俄比亞投資800萬美元，在該國建立一家服裝廠。該公司是阿南塔集團(tuán)的子公司。該公司最近向央行提交了一份提案，聲稱它希望從這個(gè)非洲國家的稅收優(yōu)惠中獲益，同時(shí)享受免稅進(jìn)入美國的待遇。
該公司表示，計(jì)劃從自己的基金中向埃塞俄比亞投資800萬美元，如果需要額外資金，將從國際金融公司等其他跨國金融機(jī)構(gòu)獲得。
然而，孟加拉一家頂級報(bào)紙的一篇報(bào)道稱，孟加拉銀行對該計(jì)劃的可行性表示懷疑。
央行官員已將該提議提交給財(cái)政部，財(cái)政部有權(quán)批準(zhǔn)此類提議。內(nèi)閣委員會通常做出最后決定。
到目前為止，已有七家公司獲得了政府的海外投資批準(zhǔn)，其中包括Akij集團(tuán)旗下的Akij huang te Mills，收購兩家馬來西亞公司的Robin Resources Malaysia SDN BHD及其子公司Robina Flooring SDN BHD的最高批準(zhǔn)。
阿南塔集團(tuán)認(rèn)為，孟加拉國的產(chǎn)品將面臨高額稅收，而該國將逐步成為一個(gè)發(fā)展中國家。
阿南塔服飾創(chuàng)立于1992年，為H&M、Zara、Gap、Levi 's和瑪莎百貨等全球品牌供貨。